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The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work. At the time of the series' conclusion in August 2010, The Bill was the longest-running police procedural television series in the UK and was among the longest-running of any British television series.
The series was produced by Thames Television, its name originating from "Old Bill", a slang term for the police and Geoff McQueen's original title for the series. It originated as a one-off drama, entitled Woodentop in August 1983. ITV commissioned a series, which started in October 1984.
The series attracted controversy on several occasions. A 2008 episode featured a fictional treatment for multiple sclerosis, and another in May 2008 resulted in litigation by MP George Galloway for defamation. The series has also faced more general criticism concerning the levels of violence it portrays, particularly prior to 2009, when it occupied a pre watershed slot.
William "Bill" Maher, Jr. ( /ˈmɑːr/; born January 20, 1956) is an American stand-up comedian, television host, political commentator, author, and actor. Before his current role as the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher hosted a similar late-night talk show called Politically Incorrect originally on Comedy Central and later on ABC.
Maher is known for his political satire and sociopolitical commentary, which targets a wide swath of topics including religion, politics, bureaucracies of many kinds, political correctness, the mass media, greed among people and persons in positions of high political and social power, and the lack of intellectual curiosity in the electorate. He supports the legalization of marijuana and same-sex marriage, and serves on the board of PETA. He is also a critic of religion and is an advisory board member of Project Reason, a foundation to promote scientific knowledge and secular values within society. In 2005, Maher ranked at number 38 on Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time. Bill Maher received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star on September 14, 2010.
William Sanford "Bill" Nye (born November 27, 1955), popularly known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, is an American science educator, comedian, television host, actor, mechanical engineer, and scientist. He is best known as the host of the Disney/PBS children's science show Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993–1998) and for his many subsequent appearances in popular media as a science educator.
William Sanford Nye was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Jacqueline (née Jenkins; c. 1920–2000), a codebreaker during World War II, and Edwin Darby "Ned" Nye (died 1997), also a World War II veteran whose experience in a Japanese prisoner of war camp led him to become a sundial enthusiast. Nye is a fourth-generation Washington, D.C. resident on his father's side of the family. After attending Lafayette Elementary and Alice Deal Junior High in the city, he was accepted to the private Sidwell Friends School on a partial scholarship, graduating in 1973. He studied mechanical engineering at Cornell University, where one of his professors was Carl Sagan, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1977. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by The Johns Hopkins University in May 2008. In May 2011, Nye was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Willamette University where he was the keynote speaker for that year's commencement exercises.
Actors: Daniel Craig (actor), Daniel Craig (actor), James Corden (actor), Sacha Baron Cohen (actor), Christian Bale (actor), Simon Cowell (actor), Gary Barlow (actor), Ben Affleck (actor), Russell Brand (actor), Derren Brown (actor), Rob Brydon (actor), Sean Bean (actor), Martin Clunes (actor), David Beckham (actor), Jon Culshaw (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: John-Paul Nickel (actor), John-Paul Nickel (editor), John-Paul Nickel (director), John-Paul Nickel (producer), John-Paul Nickel (writer), Kristin Pfeifer (actress), Kristin Pfeifer (actress), Jennifer Obed (actress), Gregory Caridi (actor), Allison McAtee (actress), John Yost (actor), Shawn Rolly (miscellaneous crew), Bud Adams (producer), Diana Ifft (actress), James Weldon (actor),
Plot: Dead hookers, ice cream laced with marijuana, run-ins with the mob... it's just another average night for Kevin Spilker and his pals. To pass his film class, Kevin is following Eugene around for a day with a video camera and calling it a documentary. When the day is over, the question becomes: Has Kevin made the funniest student film of all time? Or has he made a truthful documentary about the wacky night they had to kill Eugene's abusive ex-girlfriend, Bitch?
Keywords: call-girl, cannabis, hooker, ice-cream, marijuana, profanity-in-title, prostitute, prostitution, question-in-title